HC Deb 31 March 1987 vol 113 c1065
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Amendments made: No. 70, in page 71, line 3, at end insert
'"child" means a person under the age of 14;'.
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No. 71, in page 71, leave out lines 4 and 5.
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No. 72, in page 71, line 7, at end insert
'and "young person" means a person who has attained the age of 14 and is under the age of 17.'.
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No. 73, in line 7, at end insert—
'(5) In the application of this section to Northern Ireland—
- (a) for the words from the beginning of subsection (1) above to "1976" there shall be substituted the words "subject to subsection (3) below,";
- (b) the reference in section 1 to the Criminal Law Act 1977 in subsection (2)(c) above shall be construed as a reference to Article 9 of the Criminal Attempts and Conspiracy (Northern Ireland) Order 1983; and
- (c) the reference in subsection (2)(d) above to section 1 of the Criminal Attempts Act 1981 shall be construed as a reference to Article 3 of that Order.'.—[Mr. Mellor.]